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Cooking Guide
Slices, Desserts and Pastries
Apricot Cheesecake
Serves: 8 to 10
Ingredients:
250 g
plain biscuits
250 g
90 g
butter
90 g
1
/
4
cup
apricot jam
60 ml
250 g
ricotta cheese
250 g
1 cup
chopped dried apricots
250 ml
2
eggs
2
1
/
2
cup
caster sugar
125 ml
300 ml
cream
300 ml
2 tablespoons
flour
30 ml
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
5 ml
Method:
Crush or process biscuits until fine. Melt butter in a
bowl on MED HIGH for 30 to 60 seconds.
Combine with biscuit crumbs and press onto the
base of a 25 cm flan dish. Warm jam in a small bowl
on MED HIGH for 30 seconds. Brush jam over
biscuit base. Refrigerate while making filling.
To Cook by Convection:
Preheat oven to 160˚C. Beat together the remaining
ingredients until well combined and pour into the
biscuit base. Cook on 160˚C for 45 to 50 minutes.
Refrigerate until cold before slicing.
If desired, decorate with whipped cream, drained
canned apricot halves and roughly chopped pecans.
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Zesty Cheesecake
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
250 g
sweet biscuits,
250 g
finely crushed
125 g
butter
125 g
Filling:
250 g
cream cheese
250 g
400 g
sweetened condensed
400 g
milk
3 teaspoons
lemon or lime rind
15 ml
1
/
3
cup
lemon or lime juice
85 ml
1 teaspoon
gelatin
5 ml
1 tablespoon
water
15 ml
Method:
Base:
Place butter in a 2-litre bowl and cook on HIGH for
1 minute, add biscuit crumbs. Press mixture evenly
over base and sides of a lightly greased spring form
tin. Refrigerate while preparing filling.
Filling:
Beat cream cheese in a small bowl with electric
mixer until smooth, add condensed milk, rind and
juice, beat until smooth. Place water in a 1 cup
(250 ml) jug, sprinkle gelatin over water and cook on
MED HIGH for 30 seconds, add and mix into lemon
mixture. Pour into base and refrigerate until set.
Garnish with strawberries and cream.
Honeycomb Cheesecake
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
250 g
packet honey snap
250 g
biscuits, crushed
125 g
butter
125 g
3 teaspoons
gelatin
15 ml
1
/
4
cup
water
60 ml
375 g
cream cheese
375 g
1
/
2
cup
caster sugar
125 ml
1 teaspoon
vanilla essence
5 ml
300 ml
thickened cream
300 ml
3
chocolate coated
3
honeycomb bars, crushed
Method:
Place butter in a 2-litre bowl and cook on HIGH for 1
minute. Add biscuit crumb, mix well. Press mixture
into base and sides of a 22 cm spring form tin.
Refrigerate while making filling. Place water in a
small bowl, sprinkle with gelatin. Heat on MEDIUM
for 30 to 40 seconds to dissolve, DO NOT BOIL.
Place cream cheese into a mixing bowl, add sugar
and vanilla essence. Beat until smooth with electric
mixer. Beat cream in a small bowl until soft peaks
form. Stir gelatin mixture into the cheese mixture,
add cream and chocolate honeycomb bars. Pour
into the crust, refrigerate until set.
Lemon and Pineapple Cheesecake
Serves: 6 to 8
Ingredients:
125 g
butter
125 g
180 g
sweet plain biscuits,
180 g
crushed
250 g
cream cheese,
250 g
softened
1
/
3
cup
sugar
85 ml
juice and rind of
1 lemon
2
eggs
2
1
/
3
cup
flour
85 ml
1 can (450 g)
crushed
1 can (450 g)
pineapple,
drained
Method:
Place butter in a 1 litre dish and cook on HIGH for 1
minute. Add biscuit crumbs, mix well. Press mixture
into a 23 cm pie plate. Refrigerate while making
filling. Place cream cheese into a mixing bowl, add
sugar mix well. Add juice and rind of lemon, eggs
and flour, mix well. Fold through pineapple. Pour
filling into chilled biscuit base. Elevate pie dish and
cook on MEDIUM for 10 to 12 minutes. Refrigerate
until cold before serving.